Quantum state reduction via gravity, and possible tests using Bose-Einstein Condensates
Quantum state reduction via gravity, and possible tests using Bose-Einstein Condensates
It has been proposed that because of a fundamental conflict between basic principles of quantum mechanics and general relativity, a superposition between stationary quantum states that differ in mass distribution would reduce spontaneously to one or the other in a timescale inversely proportional to the gravitational self-energy of this mass-distribution difference. Here, we present arguments in favour of this proposal and suggest a possible test using Bose-Einstein condensates.
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Fuentes, Ivette
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Penrose, Roger
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1 January 2018
Fuentes, Ivette
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Penrose, Roger
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Fuentes, Ivette and Penrose, Roger
(2018)
Quantum state reduction via gravity, and possible tests using Bose-Einstein Condensates.
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Collapse of the Wave Function: Models, Ontology, Origin, and Implications.
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It has been proposed that because of a fundamental conflict between basic principles of quantum mechanics and general relativity, a superposition between stationary quantum states that differ in mass distribution would reduce spontaneously to one or the other in a timescale inversely proportional to the gravitational self-energy of this mass-distribution difference. Here, we present arguments in favour of this proposal and suggest a possible test using Bose-Einstein condensates.
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Published date: 1 January 2018
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Manuscript received June 17, 2009; revised October 25, 2009 and February 03, 2010; accepted March 16, 2010. Date of publication April 29, 2010; date of current version August 25, 2010. This work was supported in part by the Chinese Natural Science Foundation Project 40801135, the Chinese State Key Basic Research Project 2007CB714402, the Innovation Project of Beijing Forestry University under Contract BLYX200917, the Chinese Natural Science Foundation Project 40730525, the Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education, the Chinese State Key Basic Research Project “Synthetic Retrieval of Territorial Ecological Variables Using both Active and Passive Remote Sensing Approaches” under Grant 2007CB714400, and the “WATER: Watershed Air-borne Telemetry Experiment Research” under Grant KZCX2-XB2-09 under the auspices of the Chinese Academy of Sciences Action Plan for West Development Program.
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